Bashers Cricket Club

Now even the U.S. is following the Pakistan match fixing scandal: This from The Atlantic:

This week at Lord’s, England won an amazing come-from-behind victory over Pakistan. But the game now is likely to be overshadowed forever by one of the greatest scandals to ever hit international cricket.

The British newspaper News of the World alleged that in a sting operation, they paid Pakistani middleman Mazhar Majeed 150,000 pounds ($230,000) to collude with Pakistani players and deliberately fix the match, for the benefit of gambling syndicates. Majeed was arrested by police and released on bail pending further investigation. The police have also spoken to several Pakistani players. At this stage, the claims are unproven allegations. But the secretly taped video of Majeed looks, on the face of it, pretty damning.

India vs New Zealand 5pm at The Camel.

There is an excellent article and video on CNN on the origins of baseball.

“An extract from an 18th-century diary containing the oldest known reference to baseball is among the items on display in a new exhibition in London exploring the English origins and cricketing connections of America’s national sport.

“While baseball was once claimed to have been invented in the U.S. in the mid-19th century, recent findings suggest a sport of the same name may have evolved decades earlier alongside cricket, crossing the Atlantic with English settlers to the American colonies.”

Following last year’s ground breaking tour of Japan, Ainsley “The Pusher” Mann is putting together another tour to play the Japanese Men’s XI. The Japanese men are looking for some friendly and spirited competition ahead of the Asian Games and have called on the cricketers of Shanghai to lend a hand. Games on Thursday, September 23 and Saturday, September 25. (more…)

Calling all clever bastards. Everybody wake up!
Our own patron Danny Morrison has been contracted to lend his expertise and vocals to commentate in the upcoming IPL. He needs our help with some original chirps to pull out for those spectacular plays. Hardly anyone could sound more Basher-like than D-Man already does but come on ya pissheads, get amongst it, ya mongrels, herein lies the challenge to the Bashers, lets get on the underwood and come up with some gems for our little over-achieving friend. Submit away below. If your line gets used by the big little guy Loosey will buy a round.

The Kiwis are sputting chups this morning about John Howard being put forward for the spot of Deputy President of the International Cricket Council, with the likelihood he’ll take over the top job in 2012.

Will he keep his eye on the ball?Will he keep his eye on the ball?

The New Zealand Herald this morning lamented: “Cricket: ‘Fan’ with no cricket experience gets top job.” The paper wondered what “Australian heavying” went on behind closed doors to secure Howard over NZC Chairman Sir John Anderson. (more…)

Have a listen to what Clarke says,,

http://www.scoop.co.nz/multimedia/tv/sports/33097.html

3rd and final showdown of ‘09.

Get on down to the Boo for cheap drinks to watch the Blues get smashed again by the Mighty Maroons!

Game from 6PM! Happy hour drink specials from the Big Bamboo on all Justbeer.cn beers! Mine will be a XXXX.

Stay Loose
LXXXVIII

Find out what Freddie really said to Brett Lee when he consoled him at the end of the 2nd test in the 2005 Ashes series:

http://timesonline.typepad.com/line_and_length/2009/06/andrew-flintoff-reveals-what-he-really-said-to-brett-lee.html

There is a great little interactive map from the Guardian of cricket’s less sterling moments (click on the pic to view the full map).

Interestingly, nothing bad seems to have happened in New Zealand.